Hi Zhexuan, thank you for using LyX and your feedback.
Yes, I’m aware of the problem of displaying graphics with non-HiDPI-resolution. Please consider to open a bug report here: http://www.lyx.org/trac Best regards, Stephan > Am 03.06.2016 um 22:56 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > Hi Stephan, > > I've just installed the official release of Lyx 2.2. Thanks a lot for your > team's hard work! It's really awsome. The only bug I've noticed so far is > that the display of graphics is still non-retina (see attached screenshot). > Are you aware of this problem in the final version and is there a plan to fix > it in the future version? > > Thanks! > > Zhexuan > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 2:35 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > Hi Zhexuan, > > these are good news. Thank you for your help with testing. The scrolling > problem is a known one and very difficult to solve. The non-retina display of > figures is another tricky problem. > > Best, > Stephan > > Am 15.11.2015 um 17:25 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > > Hi Stephan, > > > > The version you sent me today no longer has that bug. And it also fixed the > > previous bug about broken display of equations when pixel map cache is > > enabled (although scrolling is still not smooth)! Looks like this version > > is much more polished. The only remaining bug I am aware of now is the > > non-retina display of figures, but it's no big deal. Thanks a lot for all > > the hard work you and your team have done! > > > > Best, > > > > Zhexuan > > > > On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > > Hi Zhexuan, > > > > with the current software state I cannot reproduce your problem. But > > possibly it depends on the language settings or environment. In case you > > can reproduce the crash with the packaged software I've send you, are you > > able to make an example document and send it to me? > > > > Best, > > Stephan > > > > Am 15.11.2015 um 12:18 schrieb Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net>: > > > > > Hi Zhexuan, > > > > > > thank you for the report. Currently the process of making the alpha > > > release of LyX 2.2.0 is running. Meanwhile you may try another more > > > current intermediate build I've put here: > > > > > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-c4ae71c%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg > > > https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-c4ae71c%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg.sig > > > > > > I'll try to investigate the crash you've reported soon. > > > > > > Best, > > > Stephan > > > > > > Am 15.11.2015 um 01:11 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > > > > >> Hi Stephan, > > >> > > >> I have found another bug of the dev Lyx 2.2 you gave me. Whenever I copy > > >> a part of document that contains a float environment (float > > >> figure/table/etc), Lyx crashes with a message box saying "Exception: > > >> iconv problem in iconv_codecvt_facet initialization". You can reproduce > > >> this bug with just an empty document with an empty float figure. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> > > >> Zhexuan > > >> > > >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:16 PM, Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu> wrote: > > >> Hi Stephan, > > >> > > >> Thanks for your reply. I just tested the newer version and the missing > > >> character bug is still there. I also notice that this bug only happens > > >> to the words near the right end of the screen, as well as the words > > >> before an inline equation or a special formatting character (such as a > > >> protected space). Changing font and display zoom ratio does not help. > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> > > >> Zhexuan > > >> > > >> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 4:04 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > > >> Am 12.10.2015 um 17:23 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > >> > > >>> Hi Stephan, > > >>> > > >>> Yes I actually didn't find any noticeable improvement in scrolling > > >>> compared to 2.1.4. The problem is not really the speed of scrolling, > > >>> but the smoothness of scrolling. There is a noticeable jerkiness when > > >>> you scroll up and down. Enabling pixel map cache will improve the > > >>> situation a little bit for both versions, but compared to many other OS > > >>> X apps (such as Safari, Preview, TeXShop etc), the scrolling experience > > >>> is much less satisfactory. But I think this is a relatively minor issue > > >>> compared to the missing character display bug I mentioned. > > >> > > >> Hi Zhexuan, > > >> > > >> thank you for the effort to compare the LyX versions. So it is at least > > >> not worse with 2.2.0. The scrolling speed is a long standing issue, > > >> unfortunately. Currently I don't know how to improve this - the way LyX > > >> is doing the on-screen presentation of the contents is very different > > >> from other programs since ages. > > >> > > >>> Also I find that the dev version you gave me shows a date of April 14, > > >>> 2014 and a Qt version of 5.4.2 in the about menu. Is there a new > > >>> version I could test? > > >> > > >> I've placed a disk image and a signature file with a recent LyX 2.2.0 > > >> developer version here: > > >> > > >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-9c114d1%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg > > >> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-9c114d1%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg.sig > > >> > > >> But I cannot imagine there is a significant difference. > > >> > > >> The date in the About menu is not valid until the release manager > > >> defines it. > > >> If it is a developer snapshot the git revision id is significant. Your > > >> version > > >> is tagged with the short id 65a9562. The new version is tagged with > > >> 9c114d1. > > >> > > >> From the history of the revision control system: > > >> > > >> commit 9c114d16e649559d5ed1d3f744df099a20d61986 > > >> Author: Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@lyx.org> > > >> Date: Mon Oct 12 02:50:07 2015 +0200 > > >> > > >> … > > >> > > >> commit 65a95620b219eb108c5013a9e37c22218534b411 > > >> Author: Stephan Witt <sw...@lyx.org> > > >> Date: Tue Sep 15 07:18:16 2015 +0200 > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Stephan > > >> > > >>> > > >>> Thanks! > > >>> > > >>> Zhexuan > > >>> > > >>> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 2:37 AM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > > >>> Hi Zhexuan, > > >>> > > >>> thank you for reporting this issue. I'll check what can be done here. > > >>> > > >>> You wrote scrolling is very slow while pixmap cache is disabled. Is > > >>> this a new problem for 2.2.0? Did you enable the cache with 2.1.x too? > > >>> And how is scrolling with 2.1.x on your system with disabled cache? > > >>> > > >>> There were major changes regarding screen drawing and there was some > > >>> hope to improve the performance of drawing operations. It looks like > > >>> there isn't any big gain here. > > >>> > > >>> Your suggestion you made in the follow-up mail regarding HiDPI of > > >>> figures I'll file as a bug report. > > >>> > > >>> Stephan > > >>> > > >>> Am 11.10.2015 um 16:54 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > >>> > > >>>> Hi Stephan, > > >>>> > > >>>> The developer version of Lyx you sent me appears to have a big bug > > >>>> displaying text when the option "Use pixel map cache to speed up font > > >>>> rendering" in enabled. Many words are only partly shown on the screen > > >>>> (see attached screenshot, this problem exists for all Lyx files I > > >>>> have). This problem goes way if I disable that option, but then the > > >>>> scrolling is very slow and choppy, and the font becomes very thin and > > >>>> less pleasant to read on a retina display. I'm using OS X El Capitan > > >>>> by the way. > > >>>> > > >>>> Do you have an updated dev version that may solve this problem? Or > > >>>> maybe you can report this bug to the dev team? > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks a lot! > > >>>> > > >>>> Zhexuan > > >>>> > > >>>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:27 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > > >>>> Hi Zhexuan, > > >>>> > > >>>> yes, indeed. It's a pity it's a developer version only. > > >>>> It has very high addicting potential. > > >>>> > > >>>> Nice to hear it's working on your system. > > >>>> > > >>>> Best, > > >>>> > > >>>> Stephan > > >>>> Am 01.10.2015 um 19:20 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > >>>> > > >>>>> Hi Stephan, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Thank you so much! The new version works amazingly on my retina > > >>>>> Macbook! > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Best, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Zhexuan > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Stephan Witt <st.w...@gmx.net> wrote: > > >>>>> Am 01.10.2015 um 19:02 schrieb Zhexuan Gong <g...@umd.edu>: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Dear Sir or Madam, > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I've been using Lyx for years but suffering from the lack of HiDPI > > >>>>>> support on retina Macs. Please kindly send me a dev Lyx 2.2 build > > >>>>>> (pre-compiled) for Mac when it becomes available. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Thanks a lot! > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Zhexuan > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Hi Zhexuan, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I've placed a disk image and a signature file with the latest LyX > > >>>>> 2.2.0 developer version here: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-65a9562%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg > > >>>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/27842660/LyX-2.2.0dev-65a9562%2Bqt5-x86_64-cocoa.dmg.sig > > >>>>> > > >>>>> You may try it. Open the disk image and copy the LyX app to your > > >>>>> desktop or so. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On first start it will copy your preferences from LyX 2.1 to a > > >>>>> separate 2.2 directory. All changes to the preferences you'll make > > >>>>> afterwards are independent from your LyX 2.1 settings. These are the > > >>>>> good news. Your documents will be converted to the new (and not > > >>>>> stable) file format LyX 2.2 is using. Your LyX 2.1 will not be able > > >>>>> to open them after saving with 2.2!!! This is the bad one. Be careful. > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Regards, > > >>>>> Stephan > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> <Screenshot Lyx.png> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > <Screen Shot 2016-06-03 at 4.53.54 PM.png>
